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Because today's largest county by area, Pike County, is 788 square miles (2,041 km 2), it is only still possible to form a new county from portions of more than one existing county; McCreary County was formed in this manner, from parts of Wayne, Pulaski and Whitley counties. Kentucky was originally a single county in Virginia, created in 1776.
Winchester is located northwest of the center of Clark County, 18 miles (29 km) east of Lexington and 15 miles (24 km) west of Mt. Sterling. Kentucky Route 1958 (Bypass Road) is an outer loop around the town. Kentucky Route 627 (Boonesborough Road) leads towards Richmond, 21 miles (34 km) to the south and Paris to the north.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is served by the following area codes: 270/364, which serve western Kentucky and the western half of South Central Kentucky; 502, which serves the Louisville and Frankfort areas; 606, which serves eastern Kentucky, including the Eastern Coalfield; 859, which serves the Lexington area and Northern Kentucky
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Franklin is a home rule-class city [3] in and the county seat of Simpson County, Kentucky, United States. [4] The county is located on the south central border of the state, and its population was 10,176 at the 2020 census. Kentucky Downs, formerly known as Dueling Grounds Racetrack (owned by Corey Johnsen & Ray Reid), is located in Franklin on ...
Kingston is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Kentucky, United States. The community is part of the Richmond–Berea Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located at the junction of US Route 421, Kentucky Route 499 and Kentucky Route 3376. Kingston is also home to Kingston Elementary School
It was the site of the first commercial winery in the United States (started in present-day Jessamine County in 1799) and due to the high calcium content of the soil in the Bluegrass region quickly became a major horse breeding (and later racing) area. Today Kentucky ranks 5th nationally in goat farming, 8th in beef cattle production, [130] and ...
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